Shin-Shinagawa Station

Coordinates: 35°38′11″N 139°44′29″E / 35.636389°N 139.741389°E / 35.636389; 139.741389

JK21 JY26
Shin-Shinagawa Station
(under construction)
品川新駅
Location Minato-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
History
Opening 2020 (planned)

Shin-Shinagawa Station (品川新駅, Shinagawa Shin-eki) is a railway station currently under construction in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The official name of the station will be finalised and announced during winter 2018. The station will be operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

The station will also be accessible by the Toei Asakusa Line and the Keikyu Line via the nearby Sengakuji Station.

Naming

The following names have been suggested for the station:

  • Kōnan Station　港南駅 (The station is located in the Kōnan district, southern Minato ward)
  • Takanawa Station　高輪駅 (The Takanawa district is located west of Kōnan)
  • Kōnan-Takanawa Station　港南高輪駅
  • Olympics 2020 Station オリンピック2020駅
  • Takanawa Ōkido Station　高輪大木戸駅 (Takanawa Ōkido is a historical relic located next to Sengakuji Station)
  • JR Sengakuji Station　JR泉岳寺駅 (To distinguish it from the Toei station)
  • Higashi-Sengakuji Station　東泉岳寺駅 (The station is east of Sengakuji Station)
  • Minami-Minato/Nankō Station　南港駅
  • Minami-Kōnan Station　南港南駅
  • Nishi-Kōnan Station　西港南駅
  • Shin-Shinagawa Station　新品川駅
  • Shin-Kita-Shinagawa Station　新北品川駅 (The new station is north of Shinagawa Station)
  • Shibaura Station　芝浦駅 (The Shibaura district is north of Kōnan)
  • Nishi-Shibaura Station　西芝浦駅

The official name of the station will be finalised and announced during winter 2018.

Lines

The station will be served by the Yamanote Line, which circles around central Tokyo, and the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, which runs from Saitama through Tokyo to Yokohama. Formally, the station lies on the Tokaido Main Line. The station is within the Yamanote Line fare zone (東京山手線内), and the Tokyo Metropolitan District fare zone (東京都区内).

Station layout

Station building under construction, as seen from within a Keihin-Tōhoku Line train

The station will consist of two island platforms, serving the two lines stopping there.
Above platform level, there will be an event space overlooking the platforms, with shopping and dining facilities inside the station.[1]

Platforms

1 JY Yamanote Line for Tokyo, Ueno, and Tabata
2 JY Yamanote Line for Shinagawa, Shibuya, Shinjuku
3 JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line for Tokyo, Ueno, and Ōmiya
4 JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line for Shinagawa, Kamata, Yokohama, Sakuragichō, and Ōfuna

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Keihin-Tōhoku Line JK21
TBD   Rapid[Note 1]   TBD
Shinagawa
SGWJK20
   Local   Tamachi JK22
Yamanote Line JY26
Shinagawa
SGWJY25
 - Tamachi JY27
  1. ↑ It has not been announced if Rapid service trains would stop here.

Surrounding areas

13 hectares of area in the Tamachi Depot will be repurposed and redeveloped, for an estimated cost of 500 billion Japanese yen. The Yamanote and Keihin-Tōhoku Line tracks will be moved east by 120 meters, such that office buildings, hotels, commercial buildings and high-rise skyscrapers can be built around the area, which is scheduled to open in 2024. JR East and the Urban Renaissance Agency are cooperating in this project.[2]

History

On 3rd June 2014, JR East announced that a new station will be built in between Tamachi and Shinagawa stations, at 1.3km south from Tamachi Station, 0.9km north from Shinagawa Station, and about 300 meters southeast of Sengakuji Station.[3] The station will be built above the existing Tamachi Depot, and about 13 hectares of space of the Depot will be repurposed and redeveloped. The station is planned to open in 2020, to meet with the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. This station would be newest station ever built since Nishi-Nippori Station (opened in 1971) for the Yamanote Line, and Saitama-Shintoshin Station (opened in 2000) for the Keihin-Tōhoku Line. [4][5]

On 6th September 2016, JR East announced the outline of this station and it was positioned as the core facility of Shinagawa Development Project "Global Gateway Shinagawa".[6]

On 10th February 2017, construction on the station began.[7]

From 5th to 30th June 2018, JR East publicly invited citizens to submit ideas of names for the new station, via mail or online submission. The finalised name of the station will be announced during winter 2018.[8]

The tentative completion date of the station is scheduled in around spring 2020, in time for the summer Olympics. However, it is believed that the shopping and dining facilities inside will not be fully completed until 2024. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ First Images of the New Shinagawa Station (Shinagawa Shin-Eki), article by Japan Station
  2. ↑ 品川新駅、20年開業へ起工式 周辺に高層ビル7棟計画”. 朝日新聞デジタル. 朝日新聞社, 'The groundbreaking ceremony of Shin-Shinagawa Station, scheduled to open in 2020; Plans for 7 high-rise buildings around the station', news article by Asahi Shimbun
  3. ↑ 品川新駅#経緯 Japanese Wikipedia page on the same topic
  4. ↑ 山手線新駅から読み解く品川再開発の行方”. 東洋経済新報社, 'Understanding the Shinagawa Redevelopment Project through the new Yamanote Line Station', news article by Toyo Keizai
  5. ↑ 田町〜品川駅間に新駅を設置し、まちづくりを進めます (PDF)”. 東日本旅客鉄道, 'Moving forward on urban planning by establishing a new station between Tamachi and Shinagawa stations' by East Japan Railway Company
  6. 1 2 品川開発プロジェクトにおける品川新駅（仮称）の概要について (PDF)”. 東日本旅客鉄道株式会社, 'On the outline of New Shinagawa Station (tentative name) in Shinagawa Development Project' (in Japanese), by East Japan Railway Company
  7. ↑ 山手線で49年ぶり30駅目 産経ニュース 産経新聞社, 'Ground-breaking ceremony of Shin-Shinagawa Station, 30 stations on Yamanote line for the first time in 49 years', news article by Sankei Shimbun
  8. ↑ 品川新駅(仮称)の駅名を募集します。 (PDF)”. 東日本旅客鉄道株式会社, 'We are collecting names for the New Shinagawa Station (Tentative name)' by East Japan Railway Company
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